does this look at all normal?

[Ryan.]

the person that had my 350x before me did everything half way, nothing was done right or proper and it looks like he did a little TLC port job
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc229/skinrider007/100_1631.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc229/skinrider007/100_1630.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc229/skinrider007/100_1629.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc229/skinrider007/100_1628.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc229/skinrider007/100_1627.jpg
is it really bad or is it just me, im not sure... will it still run fine if i clean it up abit?

[super90]

That port job looks ROUGH! I always thought it was suppose to be SMOOTH? :eek:

[Ryan.]

That port job looks ROUGH! I always thought it was suppose to be SMOOTH? :eek:
tell that to my brother, can it be smoothed by starting with rough grit sand paper then moving to fine grit?

[super90]

I suppose you could do that if you had some time on your hands. I would try using a dremel with a grinding bit and get the deep scratches out. Then I would start working with your sand paper. Looks like he went at it straight away with a cutting bit or something.

-now that i look at it it looks like it could be done with sand paper, im sure you could get it nice and smoothed out with some.

[Aka_am]

Yeah that right there is going to hurt performance a ton!

Smooth out the exhaust as smooth as you want and do it same to the intake but rough it up a bit, in the direction of the ports, or at a slight angle

[Ryan.]

tonight im gonna go in there and try sand paper, and see what happens. if i get brave ill try a dremel...:confused:

[Bryan Raffa]

intake rough..but not that rough ...lmao.. exhaust..polished smooth..
the roughness helps atomize the gas/air and the polished helps it evac quicker.

[cr480r]

I would definately polish all the imperfections and gouges out of the chamber at the very least.... and forget sand paper... I would go strait to using a dremel or die grinder with a flap sander... Start on the exhaust until you get comfortable with the grinder, then move to the intake, and finally the chamber and valve pockets... I would try to find some old valves to put in the head to reduce the possibility of damaging the seats... I would just remove the minimum amount of material required to clean up the shotty work that has already been performed and make it consistent... polishing is over-rated...

[Ryan.]

well, the exhaust ports are fine, he never touched those. on the intake ports i started with sand paper, it worked great then i went t a sanding bit on the dremel (not a stone the paper one) and plus i used a needle file to get the burs down. but all in all it came out good, i even polished it. and what do you mean by roughing it up?

[McDerry]

Rough: should feel like sandstone to the touch.

[Ryan.]

Rough: should feel like sandstone to the touch.
alright thanks, ill try doing that in a bit...